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5160 steel

Please,.has anyone ever quenched 5160 in water,..and if so are thin cross-sections likely to crack?
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posted by Hamma_Head
19 comments posted 20yrs posted by Hamma_Head

Bristol (GB) Exhibition

For those interested in crafts and modelmaking, the Bristol Exhibition of Model Engineering and Hobbies will be held at...
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posted by dave.hockin
0 comments posted 20yrs posted by dave.hockin

Air hammer schematic?

Hi all, Sorry I have to depend on youall but could anyone help here? A while back I visited a site wich had instruction...
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posted by dgrup
2 comments posted 20yrs posted by dgrup

Space shuttle foam ?

Does anyone know any of the physical properites of the foam used on the heat shield? Is it some kind of foamed ceramic...
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posted by kolesnik
8 comments posted 20yrs posted by kolesnik

trenton anvil

hello all. A couple of questions I have the chance to do alittle horse traiding for a 300 lb trenton anvil. I am not up...
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posted by jpelzer
6 comments posted 20yrs posted by jpelzer

Forge Adventures, ITC-100

I tried coating my gas forge with ITC-100, after I'd used it some with a coating of colloidal silica and zircon. I can...
3 comments posted 21yrs
posted by jpolaski
3 comments posted 21yrs posted by jpolaski

Seattle Blacksmith's Swap Meet

I thought some here might have an interest in this: Blacksmith swap meet: Saturday, July 30 from 10 -3pm. 3600 E margin...
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posted by mascherk
1 comments posted 21yrs posted by mascherk

Fly-press

I'd like to get a fly-press for my shop, so I can make some larger work than I would be able to otherwise, and so I don...
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posted by jpolaski
7 comments posted 21yrs posted by jpolaski

Coloidial Silica

It looks like the list is slowing down, so I though I'd post a couple of new messages... The first is that I've been ma...
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posted by jpolaski
8 comments posted 21yrs posted by jpolaski

Blacksmith accommodation in West Surrey, England

The Rural Life CEntre has two working forges but no blacksmith to use them :-( If any practicing or student blacksmith...
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posted by rural.life
0 comments posted 21yrs posted by rural.life

Plasma cutter.

Slightly OT, I know, but it *is* about hot metal: I have a stick welder and a compressor. Is it possible to buy a plasm...
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posted by news
1 comments posted 21yrs posted by news

Mount for an anvil?

Is anyone here familiar with a method of pouring a mount for an anvil that has been successful? I'm trying to come up w...
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posted by dgrup
5 comments posted 21yrs posted by dgrup

Teen Artisans

I am looking for teens that blacksmith or any type of craft (painting, leatherwork ect.) I have started a group to try...
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posted by Matthew.Seyer
0 comments posted 21yrs posted by Matthew.Seyer

Hydraulic forging press manufacturers?

There seems to have been an explosion in the last couple of years in the availability of new power hammers, but I haven...
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posted by no_spam
20 comments posted 21yrs posted by no_spam